Micah Adams has developed a multi-media practice that encapsulates drawing, metalsmithing, and most recently, printmaking. Drawing attention to the aesthetically undervalued designs and history of our loose change, Micah crafts new coin interventions through a unique approach to metalsmithing. Presented with the opportunity to further his investigations in print for the creation of Caribou/Hare, Micah comments,
The Caribou/hare coin collage started out as an idea/challenge; I wanted to see if the coins could be cut in such a way that the animal designs would match up, thus creating a fictional creature. I also wanted the outside edges to match up akin to overlapping circles. When the chance arose to make an etching – to scale up these coins on a copper plate and then cut them out like the originals – the proposal made for an exciting opportunity and satisfying silhouette.
